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[pg<br />

292]<br />

That the broad falchion lopp'd its<br />

brazen head;<br />

His pointless spear the warrior<br />

shakes in vain;<br />

<strong>The</strong> brazen head falls sounding on<br />

the plain.<br />

Great Ajax saw, and own'd the hand<br />

divine;<br />

Confessing Jove, and trembling at<br />

the sign,<br />

Warn'd he retreats. <strong>The</strong>n swift from<br />

all sides pour<br />

<strong>The</strong> hissing brands; thick streams<br />

the fiery shower;<br />

O'er the high stern the curling<br />

volumes rise,<br />

And sheets <strong>of</strong> rolling smoke involve<br />

the skies.<br />

Divine Achilles view'd the rising<br />

flames,

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